FIXED MINDSET - GROWTH MINDSET
Carol S . DWECK , PhD
Fixed Midset
Intelligence is sta�c
Growth Midset
Intelligence can be developed
Leads to a desire to look smart and therefore a tendency to ....
... avoid challenges
CHALLENGES
Leads to a desire to learn and therefore a tendency to ....
... embrace challenges
... give up easily
OBSTACLES
... persist in the face of setbacks
... see effort as fruitless or worse
EFFORT
... see effort as the path to mastery
... ignore useful nega�ve feedback
CRITICISM
... learn from cri�cism
... feel threatened by the success of others
SUCCESS
... find lessons and inpira�on in the success of others
As a result , they may plateau early and achieve less than their full poten�al .
All this confirms a determinis�c view of the world .
As a result , they reach ever-higher levels of achievement .
All this gives them a greater sense of free will .
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